PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Aidan Sumerod (ranked 3899 p4p, 452 weight class) and Harrison Yates (ranked 1624 p4p, 219 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Sumerod
vs
Yates

180 cm
37
199 lbs
18 - 16 - 0

187 cm
39
199 lbs
29 - 14 - 1

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Aidan Sumerod!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 29 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Harrison Yates!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Frank Dennis and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yates connects with a solid leg kick.
Yates bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Sumerod's head.
Sumerod moves in looking to clinch but Yates pushes him off.
An inside leg kick from Yates misses.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Yates. Sumerod shrugs it off though.
Sumerod takes a head kick and shrugs it off.

Yates closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Yates.
A short right from Yates on the inside.
Sumerod misses with an elbow strike.
Sumerod throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Yates misses with a punch to the body.
Yates looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Yates just misses with a elbow thrown towards Sumerod's brow.
Yates blocks the elbow strike.
Yates takes an elbow to the forehead.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Yates throws a knee to the head but misses.
Yates avoids the elbow strike from Sumerod, against the cage.
Yates looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Yates blocks the elbow strike.
Sumerod throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Yates softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Sumerod misses with an elbow over the top.
Yates takes an elbow to the temple.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yates blocks an elbow strike from Sumerod.
Yates softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Yates tries to work over Sumerod's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Yates struggles to land a body shot inside as Sumerod controls his hands.
Sumerod misses with an elbow over the top.
Yates misses with a punch on the inside.
Sumerod throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Yates.
Yates scores with a shot to the side of Sumerod's head.
Yates is leaning against Sumerod and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Yates misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Yates tries to land knees in the clinch but Sumerod avoids the damage to the body.
Sumerod throws an elbow that misses.
Sumerod takes a shot to the head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Sumerod just misses with a elbow thrown towards Yates's brow.
Sumerod is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Yates utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Yates landing knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Sumerod.
Yates avoids a wild elbow strike from Sumerod.
Nice body punch from Yates - that landed with a thud.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sumerod misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Yates.
Sumerod is breathing heavily.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Yates obliges.
Yates lands a knee to the body.
Sumerod takes a shot to the head.
Sumerod takes an elbow to the forehead.
Knees to the body from Yates.
Yates throws a knee to the head but misses.
Sumerod throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Sumerod blocks an elbow strike.
Yates blocks the elbow strike.
Yates using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Sumerod has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Yates avoids the elbow strike from Sumerod, against the cage.
Sumerod blocks the elbow strike.
A nice left hand lands by Yates.
A body shot lands from Yates.
Yates lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Nice elbow from Yates.
Sumerod missing with knees to the body.
Sumerod misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Yates is working Sumerod over against the cage.
Yates makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yates lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Yates using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Sumerod managing to block the knees to the body from Yates.
Yates using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Yates unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Yates digs a right hand underneath Sumerod's ribcage. Sumerod let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Yates unloads a knee to the mid-section. Sumerod lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A short left from Yates.
Yates throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
With the fighters up against the cage, Sumerod throws an elbow but misses.
Yates tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sumerod avoids it.
Yates scores with a shot to the side of Sumerod's head.
Yates throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A shot in the inside from Yates.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice elbow from Yates.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Yates creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by Yates.
Yates lands a nice elbow.
Yates lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Yates working Sumerod over with knees to the body.
Yates is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yates lands a right hand that snaps the head of Sumerod backwards.
Yates presses Sumerod against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Yates scores a nice knee to the body.
Yates works on Sumerod's body with a couple of short punches.
Yates lands with a right to the head.
Yates digs a right hand into Sumerod's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Sumerod's gas tank.
Yates lands a nice shot to the body.
Yates lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Sumerod just misses with a elbow thrown towards Yates's brow.
Yates lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

It looks like Aidan Sumerod has been cut.
Yates makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

Sumerod is rocked!
Yates lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Oh Sumerod is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Yates creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Sumerod's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Sumerod drops to his knees and Yates pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Harrison Yates!